Before the meeting, each of several city council members was ...

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Before the meeting, each of several city council members was tentatively considering an air pollution ordinance. After the meeting, they expressed strong support of the ordinance. This outcome is an example of
 
  a. group polarization.
  b. social loafing.
  c. a social dilemma.
  d. social facilitation.

Question 2

Distinguish between the cold and hot perspectives in social psychology and discuss how they have developed in recent trends in the field.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

In the earlier days of social cognition research in the 1970s and 1980s, the dominant
perspective was called cold because it emphasized the role of cognition and
deemphasized the role of emotion and motivation in explaining social psychological
issues. This was contrasted with a hot perspective, focusing on emotion and
motivation as determinants of our thoughts and actions. Today there is growing interest
in integrating both hot and cold perspectives, as researchers study how individuals'
emotions and motivations influence their thoughts and actions, and vice versa. For
example, researchers examine how motivations we aren't even consciously aware of
(such as being motivated to treat others fairly, or being motivated to feel superior to
others) can bias how we interact with or interpret information about another person
(Dunning, 2015 Hggins & Scholer, 2015 Moskowitz, 2014 Spencer et al., 2005).